Parkland School Shooting: Attendees Honor the Dead at Vigil for 17 Florida Victims

A vigil was held Thursday in the wake of this week's horrific school shooting in Florida, where at least 1,000 attendees mourned the 17 victims.

Some of the mourners wept as the names of the 13 students and three adult victims' names were read aloud.

People laid flowers at the feet of 17 angels on the stage, meant to symbolize those who were gunned down at Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland on Wednesday, according to WSVN.

Fred Guttenberg, whose 14-year-old daughter Jaime perished in the shooting, was among those who spoke at the sad

"We love you and we never want to go through the tragedy of losing you," said Guttenberg. "This is impossible. My girl, my 14-year-old baby... and for those of you who know my Jaime, she was the life of the party, she was the energy in the room."

Also in the crowd were members of the student body who survived when cops say 19-year-old Nikolas Cruz opened fire after pulling a school fire alarm.

“Missing my friends," Student Josh Mallis said at the early evening vigil. "They’re not here anymore because someone decided to murder them."